+ Member coordinator

To make our new members feel welcomed and to connect them to the right arm of the ministry takes some coordination! Someone willing to do this aspect would be huge in connecting families and seeing how we can serve them J Also, this person would help to keep our records current so that no feels left out! Also, we make ID cards twice a year and although it is not a big time commitment, this is a huge benefit to our families. This role could be filled with one or two people and would take around 3 – 6 hours per month depending on the month.

+ Next Step Training Program

This is a new program that is extension of HFHG’s high school ministry! What’s next is all about helping students (through agriculture) who have graduated from high school or about to graduate who may need some extra assistance with social skills, job skills and business skills before they are ready to launch. The main focus will be with those students who are on the autism spectrum or have developmental disabilities. If you have a heart for serving in this ministry, whether it is with gardening or restaurant-type work, therapy, fundraising, promoting or teaching, please let us know and we can talk!

+ Fundraising

This is a relatively new role but is much needed! As a 501c3 organization, we are allowed to receive tax deductible donations as well as participate in fundraisers. This could be a team of 2 to 3 people working together to solicit donations from corporations as well as come up with various fundraising that could be done as an organization as a whole such as a Trivia Night.

+ Communication Director

This may sound like a lot, but this really is a position that is filled by someone who loves to let people know what is happening within HFHG! Communicating with the local radio stations, posting on Facebook and Instagram and posting on the Yahoo loop are all ways to reach the homeschoolers in the area. We have looked into a texting service so that is a possibility, too! We want to serve as many families as possible and so many are not hearing of what is available because this role has not been filled!

+ HS Fair/Book Swap

This is the largest event of the year on the last Friday in May! It doesn’t take a lot of time aside from the day of the sale, but a team of 4 to 5 people to get it organized makes the day go smoothly. The tasks needed to make this day a success are: coordinating concessions, coordinating volunteers for set up/clean up/concessions/sign in, making signs, signing in book sellers and collecting money for memberships.

+ Achievement testing

This is a once a year two day event in May, but the planning starts in January. This event runs well with 3 to 4 people. One person would coordinate the facility and volunteers, one person would responsible for ordering tests and being the contact with BJU Press and one person would be responsible for communicating with the families and test proctors.

+ Spelling bee

This event happens in January and is a national event with Howard Scripps. It only takes a team or 2 to 3 people to make this a great event. Communicating with the families and distributing spelling lists ahead of time is very important. Hospitality the day of the event and seting up the evening before takes a few hands, but is not overwhelming .

+ Geography bee

This is similar to the spelling bee and has not taken place for a couple of years. Like the spelling bee and doesn’t take a lot of prep work.

+ Field day

This event takes a strong team of 4 to 5 people with lots of volunteers the day of the event! One person would be the event coordinator with lots of teamwork needed to make the day a success. There have been very successful field days so the groundwork is already laid so as long as you are willing to put some time into collecting supplies and coordinating the individual events, you can help make this happen!

+ Graduations

High school and K/5/8 graduations happen in the middle of May. Both of these events work well with 4 to 5 people on a team. Ordering diplomas and gowns, proofreading bulletins, making a picture DVD are all part of these events. The basic format stays the same from year to year and there is a great template in place for these events.

+ Young authors contest

This event can be held in the fall or the spring! A team of 2 to 3 people can coordinate this event with no one doing the lion’s share. Coordinating book drop-offs, judges and planning the awards banquet are the main aspects of this event. There is a pretty basic template to follow so no reinventing the wheel is needed!

+ Field trips

This could be one person setting up field trips throughout the city or a team of people working together to contact places to take field trips as well as families to attend them.

+ Service projects

If you have a heart to coordinate service projects, this is place for you! You can set up as many or as few projects as you would like. It would be a matter of contacting families to participate as well as getting the supplies needed (if applicable) and scheduling the event! These could be one time like trick or treating at a nursing facility or ongoing, like a monthly park clean up.

+ Panera Dough-nation pick-ups

Panera Bread on Shelbyville Rd in Middletown donates their leftovers nightly and HFHG has five nights a week that we pick up! There are volunteers already in place for the pick-ups, so the coordinator would only need to connect periodically with those volunteers to assure that they are still picking up.